On the register, but not FCA authorised
This firm is registered with the FCA for anti-money-laundering checks only, which is why it appears on the register. That is not authorisation: the FCA does not oversee how it treats customers, and FSCS protection does not apply.
What does this mean?
- Some businesses are required by law to have an anti-money-laundering supervisor. For this kind of business that supervisor is the FCA, and the registration is the only reason the firm appears on the FCA register.
- What the FCA checks is narrow: that the firm identifies its customers, keeps records, and reports suspicious activity. It is the anti-crime paperwork behind a bank asking you for ID.
- It does not check anything about you as a customer. Not whether the firm treats you fairly, not whether it is financially sound, not whether what it sells is any good. The FCA describes firms registered this way as “not authorised or subject to wider FCA regulation”.
- So if the firm fails or treats you badly, there is no FSCS compensation, and the Financial Ombudsman Service usually cannot look at a complaint about unregulated business.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
2nd Floor, St Johns House, Barrington Road, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, WA14 1JY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode WA14 1JY
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Somo Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Money-laundering registration onlyThis firm is registered for anti-money-laundering supervision only. It is not FCA-authorised. Money you hand over is not protected by the FSCS, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 12713865 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 July 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Social Money 2nd Floor, St Johns House, Barrington Road, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, WA14 1JY, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities of other holding companies not elsewhere classified (SIC 64209)
- Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors (SIC 64921)
- Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Phillipe Alexander | Director | Jul 1982 | 2 Jul 2020 | 25 other companies |
| Simon Donald Cottrell | Director | Oct 1965 | 6 Feb 2025 | 1 other company |
| Daniela Anne Gallucci | Director | Dec 1975 | 6 Feb 2025 | None |
| Robert Johnson | Director | Aug 1983 | 6 Feb 2025 | None |
| Jade Sadie Keval | Director | May 1990 | 6 Feb 2025 | 1 other company |
| Timothy John Slinger | Director | Jul 1967 | 6 Feb 2025 | 9 other companies |
Other companies run by these 6 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 27
- closed down
- 9
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 27 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 9 companies these 6 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£100
No earlier figure to compare
These accounts were filed as dormant: the company reported no significant trading in the period.
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 12713865. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
SM1 Capital & Security’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
2 September 2024
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2020
2 July 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Social Money Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to SM1 Capital & Security
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with SM1 Capital & Security. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 27 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- All 10 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk